Gryphon Stringed Instruments: A throwbackFrank Ford prepares to reset a guitar neck of a 1967 Martin guitar, model D-35 in the back shop of Gryphon Guitars, in Palo Alto on Nov. 4, 2009. Co ...

To achieve a classic Appalachian sound, a five-string instrument is the best banjo model. We review three top picks you can get online.

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Close calls the Earth Harp the world's largest string instrument. He attaches the strings to one end to a resonating chamber that contains microphones to boost the sound.

Oregon State University scholars combine science and art to make the novel SpiderHarp, which looks like a spider web and plays like a harp.

There were some interesting sounds, and an opportunity to get close up contact with a string instrument.

Dubbed the largest stringed instrument in the world, the earth harp's wires extend over the audience from a mount on stage to whatever fixture is available: a theatre balcony, a cliff face, even ...